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ObamaCare’s “Family Glitch” Hurts the Middle Class

By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, April 10 2013

“…no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simple principle: fix what’s broken and build on what works.” — President Barack Obama, address to the annual meeting of the American Medical Association, June 2009 President Obama’s words have served as a baseline guarantee in public…

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